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Rebel Act Studios | |
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Engines | |
Blade | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 21, 2001 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
- No longer available digitally due to issues with distribution rights.[1]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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Save game data location
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Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Issues fixed
Crash upon launch
- Often this is due to video codec issues such as installed third party codec packs,[citation needed] and the error for this is often MEM_RESIZE_FAILED.
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Crash after introduction video
- The game doesn't properly handle failure states for when DirectPlay is not installed. Not having DirectPlay also significantly slows the down the opening of the initial game launcher as well.
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Blank screen when using rOpenGL for video output
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Mouse behaves erratically
- This generally happens using Direct3D or rOpenGL for video output.
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Game runs too fast
- This typically happens in videos modes other than 3dfx and is due to the game not handling multiple processors properly.
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Cursor is missing/Black text
- Generally caused by using Direct3D for output with modern graphics hardware.
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME, 2000 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 400 MHz | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 750 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM | 32 MB of VRAM |